Job summary
The role of the Strategy and Development Team is to support the Trust to improve outcomes for people with mental ill health, learning disability or autism by providing a clear strategic direction and ensuring constructive relationships with commissioners and stakeholders. We are a small team leading on strategies and contracts for the Trust. You will join a team of four other Business Managers supporting the organisation

Main duties of the job
This role will support one of the Trust's Divisions with their planning and commercial activity. This will include supporting the development of the Annual Plan and Divisional Plans and acting as the main link to commissioners for services within these Divisions. Alongside this the role will contribute to key projects that will allow the Trust to retain and grow in income in a sustainable and profitable manner such as supporting the development of tender submissions and business cases in connection with planned service changes.

Working closely with senior managers, finance and HR colleagues you will take responsibility for maintaining positive relationships with our key commissioners. This will include leading on contract and performance discussions; supporting colleagues in the development of service proposals and supporting in the development and monitoring of the Trust's key strategic plans. There will also be a requirement for some travel throughout the HPFT footprint, this includes Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk

About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Job responsibilities
The post holder will work flexibly in a project based environment with overall accountability to the Deputy Director of Strategy and Development, but with responsibility to individual project leaders for delivery of agreed actions. This role will:

• Support one of the Trust Divisions with their operational plans
• Work with colleagues to ensure contracts are up to date and are managed effectively
• Work with operational leads to provide commissioners with appropriate and timely information and to complete business cases for additional investment

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Advanced professional knowledge acquired through a degree supplemented by specialist training to masters or equivalent level, management qualification or experience.
• Post graduate qualification in relevant area of health or social care
• Evidence of Management Training
• Extensive experience at senior management level

Experience
Essential

• Significant operational management experience at a senior level within a complex organisation
• Experience of working within a commercial environment and developing plans based on external market forces
• Project management experience
• In depth knowledge and experience of business management, competitor analysis and planning based on external competition and drivers
• Evidence of building effective relationships with commissioners, partners and clinical leaders
• Experience of successful budgetary management

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.